Sale Representative

AkzoNobel; Malvern; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the paints and coatings industry is seeking a Sales Manager in the Malvern area. The role involves managing customer portfolios, executing sales plans, and promoting company image. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in sales and a Bachelor’s degree, with an emphasis on stakeholder management and communication skills.

Benefits

401K retirement savings with 6% company match

Annual bonus

Medical insurance with HSA

Generous vacation, personal and holiday pay

Hybrid work for most exempt roles

Tuition Reimbursement

Active Diversity and Inclusion Networks

Employee referral bonus

Monthly car allowance

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of work experience in commercial roles, sales and key account management.
• Knowledge in the paints and coatings industry or B2B environment.
• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of customers and execute sales plan.
• Screen customer base for new opportunities and maintain pipeline.
• Monitor sales against agreed targets and implement remedial actions.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Decision making

Communication

Problem solving

Customer service orientation

Education

Bachelor Degree in business management or related field

Masters of Business Administration in related field preferred

Job description

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Date: Jul 11, 2025

Location: Malvern, GB Troy, MI, US, 48083

About AkzoNobel

Since 1792, we’ve been supplying the innovative paints and coatings that help to color people’s lives and protect what matters most. Our world class portfolio of brands – including Dulux, International, Sikkens and Interpon – is trusted by customers around the globe. We’re active in more than 150 countries and use our expertise to sustain and enhance the fabric of everyday life. Because we believe every surface is an opportunity. It’s what you’d expect from a pioneering and long-established paints company that’s dedicated to providing sustainable solutions and preserving the best of what we have today – while creating an even better tomorrow. Let’s paint the future together.

Bilingual in spanish a plus

Key Responsibilities

• To Manage a portfolio of customers, in a designated area, to execute sales plan.
• Screening customer base for new opportunities, generates leads and maintains pipeline.
• Provide appropriate and agreed levels of contact, service and support to ensure sales targets are met.
• Monitor sales against agreed targets on a regular basis to ensure they are met and where necessary the need for remedial actions are identified, reported and implemented.
• To Collect, report and analyzes the customer feedback / information on present as well as future market trends in the context of possible further market penetration.
• To Promote the positive company image and develops long-term relations with the customers.

Job Requirements

• Knowledge & Work Experience – Paints and coatings industry, any B2B industry environment. 3-5 years of work experience in commercial roles, sales and key account management, sales to strategic accounts
• Minimum Bachelor Degree in business management or related field. Masters of Business Administration in related field preferred
• Skills – Stakeholder management, project management, decision making, creating value propositions, drive, results orientation, customer service orientation, problem solving, communication and presentation, commercial and business acumen, basic understanding of cross functional processes and financial concepts related to sales and cost to serve

Benefits beginning Day 1

• 401K retirement savings with 6% company match
• Annual bonus
• Medical insurance with HSA
• Generous vacation, personal and holiday pay
• Hybrid work for most exempt roles
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Active Diversity and Inclusion Networks
• Employee referral bonus
• Monthly car allowance

At AkzoNobel we are highly committed to ensuring an inclusive and respectful workplace where all employees can be their best self. We strive to embrace diversity in a context of tolerance. Our talent acquisition process plays an integral part in this journey, as setting the foundations for a diverse environment. For this reason we train and educate on the implications of our Unconscious Bias in order for our TA and hiring managers to be mindful of them and take corrective actions when applicable. In our organization, all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.